Item picking method and apparatus

US10957000B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CAINIAO SMART LOGISTICS HOLDING LIMITED · KY

Inventors

• Haibing Chen · Nanhu, CN
• Yuhsuan Chou · Hangzhou City, CN
• Chengjian Wang · Hangzhou City, CN
• Lijun ZHU · Dublin, US
• Ruipeng Luan · Hangzhou City, CN
• Heng Liu · Hangzhou City, CN
• Kailiang Tong · Hangzhou City, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 23, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 23, 2021
• Expiry date: May 9, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an item picking method, so that an item stored in a warehouse can be picked and placed in a picking vehicle. Specifically, the warehouse may be divided into one or more picking areas. A picking management device may divide a picking task for items into different picking sub-tasks according to picking areas in which the items are located. One picking vehicle corresponds to several picking sub-tasks. The picking management device allocates an automated guided vehicle (AGV) for a picking sub-task, causing the AGV to move the picking vehicle to a picking area corresponding to the picking sub-task. The picking management device may send task information of the picking sub-task to a picking device corresponding to the picking area. The picking device executes the picking sub-task according to the task information, so as to pick an item and place the item in the picking vehicle, thereby implementing the automation of an item picking process. In addition, the present disclosure further provides a device related to item picking, so as to ensure the actual application and implementation of the foregoing method.